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 ''[[United States]] &gt; [[New York]] &gt; New York Probate Records''
 ==== [[Image:Renselaer County Courthouse Unrestored.png|thumb|right|350px]]
-'''Links to Probate-Related Topics'''
-[[Analyzing United States Probate Records|Analyzing Probate&nbsp;]]&nbsp; [[United States Probate Limitations|Probate Limitations]]&nbsp;&nbsp; [[United States Probate Process|Probate Process]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Glossary of United States Probate Terms|Glossary of Probate Terms]]&nbsp; [[United States Probate Wills|Wills]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[United States Probate Records|Unites States Probate Records]]
+== Record Synopsis  ==
+Probate is the “court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid” and encompasses “all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc.”<ref>Henry Campbell Black, ''Black's Law Dictionary,'' 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."</ref> Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. These documents are extremely valuable to genealogists and should not be neglected. In many instances, they are the only known source of relevant information such as the decedent’s date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their places of residence. They may also include information about adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. For further information about&nbsp;the probate process,&nbsp;types of probate records,&nbsp;analyzing probate records, and to access a glossary of probate terms, see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Probate_Records United States Probate Records].
-Record Overview<br> ====
+{{Template:US-probate-topic_bar}} {{Adoption DEGenWeb}}
-Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers, because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.
-Probate records may include: petitions, wills, bonds, inventories, publications, accounts, divisions,claims, letters of administration, probate journals, probate packets,
-Other documents may include: adoption, deed, guardianship, legitimation of children, manumissions, apprenticeships, dower rights and releases, deeds, tax leins, land sold for back taxes, widow allowances, order of distribution, decree of heirship
 === History  ===
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 Additional information about New York state statutes relating to probate matters can be found at law libraries. For example:<br>
 Online digital versions of state statutes can often be found by conducting a search engine search for the term, "New York statutes." The following are examples of free, digital books related to New York probate laws:
+==Repositories==
+===Local===
+===Regional===
+===National===
+==Learn More==
-=== Published Probate Records  ===
+=== Published Materials  ===
 There are several helpful statewide and downstate indexes and transcripts to help you search pre-1823 wills and other probate records. Some are indexed by name of deceased persons, heirs, witnesses, executors, and administrators:
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 The Family History Library has similar abstracts for many other counties on microfilm.
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 ==== Surrogate's Court Records  ====